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  2. Vanishing hitchhiker - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] In his book, Brunvand suggests that the story of The Vanishing Hitchhiker can be traced as far back as the 1870s." [ 4 ] Similar stories have been reported for centuries across the world in places like England, Ethiopia, Korea, France, South Africa, Tsarist Russia and in America among Chinese Americans, Mormons and Ozark mountaineers.

  3. Jan Harold Brunvand - Wikipedia

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    Known during the tournament as the Vanishing Fly Fisher (a nod to his book, The Vanishing Hitchhiker), Brunvand spent 10 days alone fishing some of his favorite spots in Utah: Mammoth Creek, Gooseberry Creek, Price River, and Antimony River (where he "fell twice and bashed his knee, though the injury wasn't anything a cold towel and a cold beer ...

  4. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Wikipedia

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    The third and final book contains 25 stories, including: [12] a story of a man who tries to escape from Death; ghost stories, including a vanishing hitchhiker story, as well as a story of a black dog; a retelling of the legend of the death of Oleg the Prophet; a story of an adult-sized doll that comes to life.

  5. Rudolph Fentz - Wikipedia

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    Rudolph Fentz (also spelled as Rudolf Fenz) is the focal character of "I'm Scared", a 1951 science fiction short story by Jack Finney, which was later reported as an urban legend as if the events had truly happened.

  6. Urban legend - Wikipedia

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    Jan Harold Brunvand, professor of English at the University of Utah, introduced the term to the general public in a series of popular books published beginning in 1981. Brunvand used his collection of legends, The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings (1981) to make two points: first, that legends and folklore do not ...

  7. Legend - Wikipedia

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    Jan Harold Brunvand, professor of English at the University of Utah, introduced the term to the general public in a series of popular books published beginning in 1981. Brunvand used his collection of legends, The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings (1981) to make two points: first, that legends and folklore do not ...

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